Chantal?

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I don't like Chantelle at all, but have been drawn to this name for girl.
What do you think?

Beautiful name in it's own right, but unfortunately now sounds a bit BBish and chavvy. Sorry!

It looks like you've misspelt it. And yes, agree with the c word

I knew a girl at school called this and really liked it. That was before chavs existed...

Well, that's the thing with names. Most of them start out with an okay reputation and then some of them just acquire negative associations.

Not sure. At school (about 15 years ago), a friend dated a girl called Chantal (who attended the local all girls private school), and at the time I thought it was a pretty name.

I think it has since become a chav name? Although to be fair its the person thats chavvy not the name. I know a Wayne, who's definitelly not a chav.

I agree with the other posters. It is a really pretty name but unfortunately it sounds a bit chavvy now. On the other hand, it probably won't sound chavvy in about 10 years or so, when your dd would start noticing that kind of thing...

It's too close to Chantelle then? I thought so.

Isn't Chantal the French form?

Chantal is beautiful, imo. Chantelle not so much. Chantal comes from either 'stone' or 'to sing' in Old French; strictly speaking, Chantelle is more related to 'candle', afaik, although Chantelle is also a fanciful spelling of Chantal.

Also, Jeanne-Francoise de Chantal was a French saint who was noted for her charitable work, piety, etc. Also known as Jane Frances de Chantal. Most French Chantals would be named for this saint.

Please revive Chantal. It's been ruined by Chantelle in recent years!

Chantal- The 'proper' spelling, is a beautiful name IMO. It is also very uncommon.

To me, it's beautiful because I always thought Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece (one of the Miller daughters, American) was very chic. In the UK now, it will sadly be confused with Chantelle and have negative associations. I would say don't use it simply because the name won't be pronounced or spelt correctly and the chic, softness of it will be lost. That's quite sad for lovely names!